Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q
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Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q slow-smokes over hickory and wraps the results in tortillas — a James Beard semifinalist doing barbecue the Texas way, with a taco detour.
Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q is a Texas barbecue restaurant in Allen that earned a 2024 James Beard semifinalist nod for Best Chef and landed on the New York Times' list of the 20 best barbecue restaurants in Texas. They smoke over hickory and made Texas Monthly's 50 Best Tacos list — a rare double billing that suggests the pit and the tortilla both get proper attention.
D Magazine ranked it the fifth-best barbecue joint in North Texas and the 36th-best restaurant overall. It's part of a small chain; other locations are listed on their site. Open daily, with an extra hour on Fridays and Saturdays.
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